Table 1 Comparison of patient demographics and visit characteristics before and after the policy change
Before Policy Change (n = 1031 visits, 928 patients, 58 days) | After Policy Change (n = 941 visits, 841 patients, 65 days) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous Variable | Mean (SD) | Min, Max | Median | Mean (SD) | Min, Max | Median | P-value* |
Age (year) | 65.6 (15.1) | 15.9, 102.5 | 67.2 | 66.3 (14.1) | 13.9, 97.5 | 68.5 | 0.33 |
Daily patient Volume | 51.9 (16.8) | 5, 88 | 52 | 58.4 (17.4) | 17, 95 | 61 | 0.04 |
Categorical Variable | frequency (%) | frequency (%) | P-value** | ||||
Gender | |||||||
Male | 400 (43.1) | 379 (45.1) | 0.39 | ||||
Female | 528 (56.9) | 461 (54.9) | |||||
Race | |||||||
White | 700 (76.7) | 674 (81.3) | 0.02 | ||||
Black | 117 (12.8) | 102 (12.3) | |||||
Asian | 75 (8.2) | 41 (5.0) | |||||
Other | 21 (2.3) | 12 (1.5) | |||||
Ethnicity | |||||||
Hispanic | 21 (2.5) | 14 (1.9) | 0.36 | ||||
Non-Hispanic | 807 (97.5) | 739 (98.1) | |||||
Appt Type | |||||||
New Patient | 94 (9.1) | 93 (9.9) | 0.69 | ||||
Return Visit | 498 (48.3) | 431 (45.8) | |||||
Visual Field | 314 (30.5) | 284 (30.2) | |||||
Post-op Visit | 84 (8.2) | 84 (8.9) | |||||
Laser Treatment | 39 (3.8) | 44 (4.7) | |||||
Urgent | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | |||||
Appt Time | |||||||
AM | 577 (56.0) | 601 (63.9) | 0.0004 | ||||
PM | 454 (44.0) | 340 (36.1) | |||||
Appt Day | |||||||
Monday | 171 (16.6) | 114 (12.1) | 0.003 | ||||
Tuesday | 276 (26.8) | 269 (28.6) | |||||
Wednesday | 175 (17.0) | 211 (22.4) | |||||
Thursday | 199 (19.3) | 161 (17.1) | |||||
Friday | 210 (20.4) | 186 (19.8) | |||||